Lissome

Lissome brown body, perfect white teeth, the bluest of blue eyes, the blondest of blond hair.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

Lissome brown body, perfect white teeth, the bluest of blue eyes, the blondest of blond hair.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

The back of her dress was yellow, like unburnished gold, very lissome, [Footnote: Lissome: supple, nimble.] and soft, and had the characteristic blotches in the shape of pretty rosettes, which distinguish the panther from every other species felis.

Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker

And Harrietta Fuller, erstwhile actress of youthful comedy parts for the stage, found herself moving about in black velvet and pearls and a large plumed fan as a background for the white ruffles and golden curls and sunny scenes in which Lydia Lissome held the camera's eye.

Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

Lissome shapes crept along the terraces between the stolid wooden statues, or, bolder, scampered the whole length of the great veranda.

The Three Partners Bret Harte 1869

The flood threat was expected to be extended to towns in neighboring New South Wales state, with authorities on standby around Lissome in the Clarence River Valley, and further south.

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She told herself she didn't mind when the director said: "Miss Fuller, if you'll just watch Miss Lissome work.

Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

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English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846